SAN JOSE, Calif. – A relentless Danny Castillo scored frequent takedowns and then unloaded a late-round barrage of punches to force a TKO victory over Shamar Bailey.

Then, immediately after the first-round victory, Castillo admonished his opponent for missing weight for their lightweight fight.

The preliminary-card bout kicked off Saturday’s UFC 139 event and streamed live on Facebook prior to the night’s Spike TV and pay-per-view portions of the event.

Castillo slipped on an early body kick, and Bailey immediately rushed into capitalize. However, Castillo quickly slammed him to the mat. Bailey got up a few times, but Castillo simply wrapped his hips and slammed him back to the canvas.

Castillo appeared on his way to winning the first round on points as he worked from half guard and Bailey avoided any substantial blows. But late in the round, he postured up to his knees and rained down heavy punches and hammerfists. As the blows got through with more frequency, the ref was forced to warn Bailey to fight back. After a few more punches, though, Bailey showed little, and the ref halted the bout at the 4:52 mark of the opening round.

Bailey seemed to think the stoppage was early, but the ref issued fair warning.

“I’m very disappointed in myself, definitely underperformed,” he said. “I’ve never come in overweight, so it was definitely a bad start with that. Then Danny went out and fought a good fight. I
wish the ref hadn’t stopped the fight, but what are you going to do?”

After the fight, Castillo didn’t mince words.

“I felt disrespected,” said Castillo, referring to Bailey’s 158-pound weigh-in weight. “You’re supposed to be a professional. Don’t come into the weigh-ins two pounds overweight.”

Castillo (12-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC), a former WEC fighter, rebounds from an August loss to Jacob Volkmann and now is 4-1 over his past five fights. Bailey (12-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC), a cast member on “The Ultimate Fighter 13,” suffers his fourth loss in five fights and faces a likely UFC release.

For more on UFC 139, including other fight results, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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